Bengal BJP chief injured after falling down on car bonnet, taken to hospital
Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar was injured on Wednesday after losing balance and falling on a car's bonnet, on which he was standing, while addressing reporters in North 24 Parganas district, following which he was taken to a hospital, a party official said. Majumdar, who was prevented from going to restive Sandeshkhali by the district administration on Tuesday, put up at a guest house in Taki late in the night following a dharna in front of the Basirhat police district SP's office.
The state BJP president, who made attempts to go to Sandeshkhali again on Wednesday morning, was prevented by the police from leaving the area.
Majumdar, also a Lok Sabha MP from the state's Balurghat constituency, was addressing reporters standing on the car's bonnet, when he slipped and fell on it, the party official said.
The incident happened at Taki on the banks of River Ichamati along the India-Bangladesh border.
The car had a police sticker pasted on its windscreen, the official said.
He was taken to Basirhat sub-divisional hospital following the incident, he said.
Earlier in the day, he alleged that the state police cordoned off the lodge where he put up in Taki to prevent him from heading towards the restive Sandeshkhali, which has been witnessing protests over alleged atrocities on villagers by goons owing allegiance to the ruling Trinamool Congress.
Majumdar said he was scheduled to visit Sandeshkhali in the afternoon to meet the agitators.
«After yesterday's protests, I decided to stay at a lodge in Taki so
